Delete comment from: Captain Capitalism
OK, let me see if I have this straight. Even with the charging stations currently not charging the end user a fee, the trip to Portland is expected to take 3 hours longer.
Hmmm.... let's see. At minimum wage of (what is it now? $7.50?, I do not know) that three hours is equivalent to $22.50. Let's say gas is an average of $4 a gallon, that equates to about 5-2/3 gallons. At a gas guzzling 15 MPG that is 84 miles you can drive on what you could otherwise have earned in that three hours.
Add to that the fact the average Nissan Leaf owner makes significantly more than minimum wage (realistically, something like $30/hour pulling a number out of my backside there), that three hours is more like $65 after taxes, and that equates to something like 236 miles you could have driven at 15MPG.
Frankly, the math does not work out, unless you take the attitude that time is NOT money. And, frankly, my time is worth a lot more then money to me.
Mar 19, 2012, 7:27:59 PM
Posted to No, It's Not "Free for Now"